Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Identify, Assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent hearing, speech, language, cognitive, communication, voice, swallowing, fluency, and other related disorders.
- Administers hearing or speech/language evaluations, tests, or examinations to patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment.
- Evaluates hearing and speech/language test results and medical or background information to determine hearing or speech impairment and treatment.
- Use written and oral tests, as well as special instruments, to diagnose the nature and extent of impairment and to record and analyze speech, language, and swallowing irregularities.
- Recommend and provide fitting of hearing amplification devices and tuning of cochlear implants and provide the necessary rehabilitation for adjustment to listening with amplification systems.
- Developing an individualized plan of care, tailored to each patient's needs.
- For individuals with little or no speech capability, selecting augmentative or alternative communication methods, including automated devices and sign language, and teach their use.
- Teach individuals how to make sounds, improve their voices, or increase their language skills to communicate more effectively.
- Help patients to develop, or recover, reliable communication skills so patients can fulfill their educational, vocational, and social roles.
- Counsels and instructs clients in techniques to improve speech or hearing impairment, including sign language or lip-reading.
- Keeping records on the initial evaluation, progress, and discharge of patients and continuity of care and treatment.
- Conducting training programs as when necessary to the external parties.
- Conducts or directs research and reports findings on speech or hearing topics to develop procedures, technology, or treatments.
- Plans and conducts prevention programs for clients' hearing or speech problems.
- Records and maintains reports of speech or hearing research or treatments.
- Refers clients to additional medical or educational services if needed.
- Advises educators or other medical staff on speech or hearing topics.
- Educate and supervise Audiology/speech language pathology students and health care personnel.
- Participates in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or speech disorder treatment methods or technology.
Ideal Candidate Should Possess
- BSc in Audiology & Speech Language Pathology.
- SLMC registration as an Audiologist & Speech Therapist.
- Minimum 1 - 2 years working experience in the similar capacity.
- Flexible, dynamic, well organized and engaging with strong interpersonal skills & excellent communication skills.